Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 494: Damn it, don't mess around! (Subscribe please!!)
Zhu Yuanzhang almost shouted this sentence in the form of a roar.

There is no way, people like Li Shanchang and Wang Bi are just too useless.

To be honest, Li Shanchang and Wang Bi were both capable, especially Li Shanchang. Before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he was Zhu Yuanzhang's chief strategist. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he became the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty and made many achievements.

But compared with Ouyang Lun, there is a world of difference, the difference is really too huge.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied with Ouyang Lun, he could not find any fault with Ouyang Lun's abilities.

Although Ouyang Lun would often get angry when doing things, the final results would always surprise him instead of giving him a headache like Li Shanchang and Wang Bi.

Now Wang Bi has no ability to solve the problem at all, and Li Shanchang has simply given up. The only one who can solve the Ministry of Revenue’s problem is Ouyang Lun.

"I will go and invite Prince Consort Ouyang right now!"

Wang Zhong did not dare to delay and hurried out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony to call for help.

"All of you continue to kneel down and reflect on your sins!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his sleeves heavily, then sat back on the dragon throne, waiting for Ouyang Lun to arrive.

"Father, please calm down and have some tea first!" Zhu Biao didn't know how to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang now. He didn't get any solution from Ouyang Lun, so he could only persuade Zhu Yuanzhang beside him.

"Yeah." Zhu Yuanzhang took the tea handed to him by Zhu Biao, took a sip, and his mood eased a little.

Below, Li Shanchang, Wang Bi, and officials from the Ministry of Revenue all knelt. Wang Bi whispered, "Lord, if we just admit defeat and His Majesty brings Ouyang Lun back, then won't we be completely defeated?"

"Idiot, you have been the Minister of Revenue for a month. Don't you know how complicated the Ministry of Revenue is?" Li Shanchang scolded in a low voice: "I was counting on you to find out the problems in the Ministry of Revenue and use them as a powerful weapon to deal with Ouyang Lun. Who knew that you found nothing after a long investigation, and instead made the Ministry of Revenue even more chaotic!"

"Sir, I am incompetent and I have let you down." Wang Bi said ashamedly, "If Your Majesty blames me later, I will take full responsibility and will never let you down!"

"You are sensible, but you are not completely useless. Although you did not manage the Ministry of Revenue well, you messed it up enough. Given the current situation of the Ministry of Revenue, even if Ouyang Lun came in person, he would probably be helpless!" Li Shanchang said coldly: "The reason why I said I have no way is to retreat in order to advance. Now your majesty has placed all hopes of solving the Ministry of Revenue problems on Ouyang Lun. If Ouyang Lun can't do a good job, then Ouyang Lun will naturally take the blame, and you will be fine!"

Hearing this, Wang Bi's eyes lit up, and he said with great joy: "So you did this on purpose, Lord! You can drag Ouyang Lun into the water, and at the same time you can get us out of it, it's really smart!"

"Tall ass! If you hadn't messed up the Ministry of Revenue like this, would I be kneeling here with you and getting scolded?!" Li Shanchang cursed curiously.

"Uh" Wang Bi lowered his head in embarrassment.

"What are you two whispering about? Kneel down before me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Li Shanchang and Wang Bi crawling on the ground and muttering to themselves, and he said unhappily.

Swish--

Li Shanchang, Wang Bi and officials from the Ministry of Revenue quickly straightened their backs and knelt in the hall in an orderly manner.

After a while.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was getting a little impatient, Wang Zhong ran back.

"Hmm? Didn't I ask you to go call that guy Ouyang Lun? Where is he?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty, please tell me about Prince Consort Ouyang." Wang Zhong was a little embarrassed.

"What did you say? Say it quickly!"

"Prince Consort Ouyang said that he is no longer the Minister of Revenue, and the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue have nothing to do with him. If there are any problems with the Ministry of Revenue, let Your Majesty go to find Lord Wang and Lord Li." Wang Zhong said truthfully.

"what!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up angrily.

"This guy is a bastard! He is not the Minister of Revenue, he is the Chief of the Imperial Clan Court, an official of the Ming Dynasty. Shouldn't he work for the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, I have also said this to Prince Consort Ouyang, but he said that everyone should do their own job. How can the Chief of Clan Affairs be in charge of the Ministry of Revenue? If the censors knew about this, they would definitely report him for abusing his power. By then, I'm afraid someone would come to purge the court and take action against him!" Wang Zhong continued.

Snapped!
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the dragon table with his hand, gritting his teeth in anger, "He still knows how to purge the emperor's entourage!!"

Wang Bi saw this and said quickly: "Your Majesty, this Ouyang Lun really doesn't give you any face at all, he is simply lawless! "

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Wang Bi fiercely, "Shut up, did I ask you to speak?!"

"You are a piece of trash, yet you still have the nerve to criticize others!"

"Someone, drag this Wang Bi out and give him ten beatings first!"

what! ?

When Wang Bi heard this, he was completely stunned. He thought that the emperor was so angry that he must be extremely disappointed with Ouyang Lun. Adhering to the principle of taking advantage of your illness to kill you, Wang Bi decisively spoke ill of Ouyang Lun in an attempt to get Zhu Yuanzhang to punish Ouyang Lun.

But he never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would punish him instead.

Two palace guards came in, picked up Wang Bi and dragged him out.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, please spare my life!"

"Lord, save me!"

No matter how Wang Bi struggled, he was still dragged out by the guards. During the whole process, Li Shanchang did not say a word.

After a while, the sound of Wang Bi being beaten was heard outside the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang and said in a deep voice: "Li Shanchang, what do you think of my punishment for Wang Bi?"

"Your Majesty, Wang Bi is not doing his job well. He did not look for the reasons in himself, but also slandered Prince Consort Ouyang. He deserves to be punished!"

Li Shanchang replied seriously.

"That's right. I just thought this guy was too noisy and didn't pay attention to these things. In that case, I'll punish him for several crimes and give him thirty strokes of the cane!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly.

As Zhu Yuanzhang gave the order, Wang Zhong immediately shouted to the outside of the palace: "Your Majesty has ordered that Wang Bi make noise in the palace, and he will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane for not doing his job well and making slanderous remarks!!"

Soon, Wang Bi's screams rang out again, even more miserable.

Hearing Wang Bi's screams, Li Shanchang and a group of officials from the Ministry of Revenue were trembling with fear.

"Your Majesty, Wang Bi certainly deserves his punishment, but the most important thing right now is to solve the Ministry of Revenue problem. The Ministry of Revenue is now in trouble and Prince Consort Ouyang is the only one who is responsible!"

"Prince Consort Ouyang is unwilling to intervene, probably because he still has something against me. If Prince Consort Ouyang is willing to intervene, I am willing to apologize to him!"

Li Shanchang's words were "sincere and heartfelt", as if he had no selfish motives at all. "I am quite pleased that you have such thoughts." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a more relaxed look, then turned around and frowned again, "This Ouyang Lun is really a bastard!"

"If he doesn't come with an excuse, does that mean I have to apologize to him?!"

"Father, you are not unaware of Brother-in-law Ouyang's temper, and his health is also poor. For him, enjoying his last moments leisurely may be his biggest wish."

"Besides, Brother-in-law Ouyang is no longer the Minister of Revenue, so it is reasonable for him to refuse."

Zhu Biao whispered to comfort him from the side.

After hearing what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression eased a lot, "If I hadn't been concerned about him, would I have tolerated him until now?"

"Since he won't come, I will go there myself!"

Upon hearing this, including Zhu Biao, Li Shanchang and others were all shocked. You have to know Zhu Yuanzhang's temper. As the emperor, if he asked you not to come, it would be a very embarrassing thing. Normally, Zhu Yuanzhang would have sent the Jinyiwei to arrest people at this time!

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not send the Jinyiwei to capture Ouyang Lun, but instead went to the clan house to meet Ouyang Lun in person.

This is simply unbelievable. When did Zhu Yuanzhang become so easy to talk to and so good-tempered?

"Biaoer, let's go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the dragon throne and strode out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He didn't even look at Li Shanchang as he passed by him.

Zhu Biao naturally hurried to follow.

"Father, wait for me!"

Soon, only Li Shanchang and a group of officials from the Ministry of Revenue were left in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Everyone knelt for a while, and one of the officials couldn't help but ask, "Sir, now that His Majesty has left, are we going to keep kneeling like this?"

"His Majesty didn't let us go. If any of you don't want to live anymore, you can just get up and leave." Li Shanchang said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, the officials had no choice but to continue kneeling obediently.

Li Shanchang knelt on the ground, too lazy to deal with these officials. What he was thinking about now was that he hoped that there would be a conflict between Ouyang Lun and Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, so that he and the Huaixi Party would have room to survive.

Regarding the Ministry of Revenue issue, Li Shanchang had to admit that he had indeed underestimated the enemy.

Ouyang Lun completely transformed the Ministry of Revenue, and Wang Bi was simply unable to keep it going with his ability. By the time he discovered this, it was already too late, and he could not think of a better solution.

This is also because the people of the Huaixi Party were too hungry. When they saw that the Huaixi Party had taken over the Ministry of Revenue, they went crazy and stuffed people into the Ministry of Revenue. Those who entered the Ministry of Revenue through connections naturally had almost no ability. The problems of the Ministry of Revenue became bigger and bigger. In the end, Li Shanchang simply let the Ministry of Revenue run wild until Zhu Yuanzhang realized something was wrong and called them in, and today's incident happened.

It can be said that Li Shanchang had some calculations involved.

Since I can't defeat you, Ouyang Lun, in a head-on battle, I'll let you get into big trouble. The current situation is similar to what Li Shanchang expected. When Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was sure that he could not solve the Ministry of Revenue problem, he directly thought of Ouyang Lun.

"You refused to come and even asked the emperor to come to you in person. Ouyang Lun, oh Ouyang Lun, you are even more arrogant than Liu Bowen back then!"

"That's fine. Liu Bowen's fate will be yours!"

At this time, an eunuch ran in and said, "Lord Li, Minister Wang has been beaten unconscious. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Hearing this, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue were terrified, and many of them wanted to get up and see Wang Bi.

"Kneel down before me, everyone!"

"Wang Bi was beaten because of his own fault. His Majesty told us to kneel here. Anyone who moves will be disobeying the emperor's order. If you want to die, don't drag me into it!"

Li Shanchang's cold voice sounded.

As early as when he recommended Wang Bi to be the Minister of Revenue, Li Shanchang had already made up his mind to make Wang Bi the scapegoat!
"Yes, Mr. Ge."

After hearing Li Shanchang's words, the officials no longer dared to move.

The Zongrenfu and Taihedian are both located within the imperial palace.

Therefore, it didn't take much time to get from the Clan House to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were riding in a red flag carriage, which was very fast, and they arrived at the gate of the Clan House in a blink of an eye.

"Your Majesty is here!"

Wang Zhong walked in front, and his sharp voice rang out.

The guards and palace maids at the gate of the clan residence hurriedly knelt down to greet them.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"No need for formalities!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and walked quickly into the clan residence.

At this moment, Ouyang Lun was lying in the massage room, continuing to enjoy the massage service of technician No. 2.

"Number Two! I'm selling you, Number One, to the prince. You won't be unhappy, will you?"

Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

"We will do whatever the master arranges. We won't be unhappy at all. I hope to stay by the master's side." Technician No. 2 said while massaging Ouyang Lun.

"I like what you said!" Ouyang Lun said with a smile, "But you can't stay here forever. The technician industry is a job for young people. You are still young, so make more money while you can retire early!"

"Number One has chosen a better customer. My brother-in-law, the prince, is kind, so I'm sure you'll have a better harvest!" Ouyang Lun said with a smile, "What a pity. If you were favored by my father-in-law, the emperor, you might even become his concubine!"

"Becoming the emperor's father-in-law's concubine, you are probably the happiest of all the emperor's concubines."

The second technician asked in confusion: "Master, the current emperor is the founding emperor. I heard that he has a rough personality and doesn't know how to cherish people. Why is it said that being his concubine is a blessing?"

"Haha, silly girl, you don't understand this! Being the concubine of my father-in-law, the emperor, the reason why I am happy is not because of my father-in-law, the emperor, but because of my mother-in-law, the queen!" Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "Ah, have you heard of the reputation of Queen Ma's virtue?"

"Empress Ma? Of course I know. This Empress Ma is the first wife of His Majesty the Emperor. She married His Majesty the Emperor when he was still a beggar. She assisted His Majesty all the way and was a good wife. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, she not only managed the harem but also managed the Women and Children's Society, specializing in helping women and children!" Speaking of Empress Ma, the second technician said excitedly: "Empress Ma is a role model for us women!"

"So! If you become the concubine of my father-in-law, the emperor, you will be managed by Queen Ma. How can you not be happy? Under the management of Queen Ma, there won't be so much intrigue in the harem, and you will live a very comfortable life." Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

"Hearing what you said, Master, it seems to make sense!" Technician No. 2 nodded, and then continued: "But why should I go so far away? Being a concubine to His Majesty the Emperor is certainly easier, but wouldn't it be happier to be your concubine, Master?"

"You are young, handsome, kind-hearted, and capable. Most importantly, you are easy to get along with the mistresses."

"Fuck, stop messing around!"

(End of this chapter)